Milwaukee Metro Dems WestSide

06/12/2021

Stay Tuuned for new updates after June 30, 2021!!!

Cannot wait for everyone to get involved again!!!

05/04/2021

05/01/2021

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It’s been a big month, folks. We hit our goal of 200 million shots, announced the end of America’s longest war, hosted a global summit on climate change, introduced the American Families Plan, and so much more.

Excited to see what we accomplish in May.

04/30/2021

Foxconn's giant factory in Wisconsin sounded too good to be true. Turns out it was

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/22/tech/foxconn-wisconsin-factory-scaled-down/index.html

When first announced in 2017, Foxconn's plan to build a massive electronics factory in Wisconsin was hailed by then-President Donald Trump as a sign of the rebirth of American manufacturing.

04/28/2021

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/27/biden-minimum-wage-executive-order/

White House officials believe this will boost the pay of hundreds of thousands of workers by the time it goes into effect in 2022.

04/28/2021

https://www.facebook.com/101078858635318/posts/198837172192819/

04/25/2021

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/24/politics/joe-biden-phone-calls-family/index.html

Joe Biden says he has a strict rule about his phone: No matter what's happening, he always answers a call from one of his grandchildren.

04/23/2021

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04/23/2021

https://www.facebook.com/101078858635318/posts/192730122803524/?d=null&vh=e

04/23/2021

https://www.facebook.com/101078858635318/posts/194497355960134/?sfnsn=mo&d=n&vh=e

04/23/2021

https://www.facebook.com/101078858635318/posts/193374179405785/?sfnsn=mo

04/23/2021

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/20/texas-transgender-health-care-restrictions/

Equality Texas CEO Ricardo Martinez said Texas has filed more anti-LGBTQ bills this session than any other state legislature.

04/19/2021

https://www.facebook.com/101078858635318/posts/190527113023825/

04/19/2021

https://www.facebook.com/101078858635318/posts/190696319673571/?substory_index=0&sfnsn=mo

Everyone 16 and older in America is eligible for the shot today. Go and get ‘em, folks.

04/16/2021

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-clean-up-phase-of-bidens-presidency-is-about-to-end/

Biden has spent these early months dealing with the lingering reminders of the man he replaced. But this chapter of his presidency might be drawing to a close.

04/11/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/us/politics/biden-immigration.html

The administration is under intensifying pressure to expand its capacity to care for as many as 35,000 unaccompanied minors, part of a wave of people crossing the border.

04/07/2021

Biden moves deadline for all US adults to be eligible for Covid vaccine to April 19

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/06/politics/coronavirus-vaccine-deadline-biden/index.html

President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he is moving up his deadline for states to make all American adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by almost two weeks, but said Americans must remain on a "war footing" to beat the virus.

04/07/2021

Here's the cynical political reality behind Mitch McConnell bashing big business

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/06/politics/mitch-mcconnell-big-business-mlb-boycott/index.html

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was blunt in his reaction to Major League Baseball's decision to move its All-Star Game out of Atlanta this summer following the passage of a series of new election measures by Georgia elected officials.

03/29/2021

CNN's Abby Phillip fact-checks Mitch McConnell's claims about the filibuster

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/03/28/filibuster-explained-racist-past-mcconnell-phillip-ip-vpx.cnn

CNN's Abby Phillip explains history of the filibuster and how it was used, at times, to further racism.

03/28/2021

'This is not OK': Salon owner slams racist letter sent to businesses

https://www.cnn.com/videos/justice/2021/03/27/asian-american-support-rally-stop-hate-salon-letter-vercammen-nr-vpx.cnn

During a Los Angeles rally in support of Asian Americans, CNN's Paul Vercammen spoke with three Vietnamese American nail salon owners who say they received hateful, racist letters despite their massive PPE contributions.

03/28/2021

Georgia's restrictive voting law puts the GOP at a crossroads

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/28/politics/georgia-voting-law-republicans-crossroads/index.html

When Georgia Republicans shocked the nation this week with their swift passage of legislation that would make it much more difficult for thousands of Georgians to vote, they placed the GOP at a crossroads, where its members must decide whether they are willing to belong to the party of disenfranchis...

03/22/2021

https://www.facebook.com/101078858635318/posts/159490366127500/?sfnsn=mo

03/15/2021

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22319572/joe-biden-american-rescue-plan-war-on-poverty

The first war on poverty cut it in half. Joe Biden could do it again.

03/13/2021

https://www.facebook.com/POTUS/videos/2738324753100171/

03/12/2021

https://fb.watch/4atx2CIsXa/

03/11/2021

https://www.facebook.com/101078858635318/posts/148979510511919/?substory_index=0&sfnsn=mo

During World War II, one of our country’s slogans was “Together, we can do it.” And companies took it to heart.

We need that same kind of wartime effort today.

That’s why we brought together Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and the federal government to defeat COVID-19.

03/08/2021

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepiflTYoC3ZpAUrZcU3xAdEIpVYGmk-ahiWzeWeYv8V1M8iw/viewform
We will be having a weekend of action soon!more info to come today or tommarow. Here is the sign up form. We will be putting it up on our events page in the near future with more info. We know things have lulled in the last few months. Thanks for sticking with us!

Thank you volunteering! We can't wait to see you again. When will you be able to join us again?

03/06/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/republican-voter-suppression.html

Republican legislators want big changes to the laws for elections and other aspects of governance. A fight over the ground rules for voting may follow.

03/03/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/us/politics/biden-putin-navalny-russia.html

The action came as the administration declassified an intelligence finding that the F.S.B., one of Russia’s leading intelligence agencies, was responsible for the poisoning of Aleksei A. Navalny.

03/03/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/us/politics/neera-tanden-nomination.html

The White House had insisted that it would stand by Neera Tanden as President Biden’s top budget official, but it became clear that she did not have the Senate votes to be confirmed.

02/27/2021

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This is the sign up form for PHONEBANKING Sorry, it got to us late guys!

Thank you volunteering! We can't wait to see you again. When will you be able to join us again?

02/26/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/us/politics/house-equality-act-gay-rights.html

The bill, first passed by the Democratic-led House in 2019, faces a steep climb in the Senate. It was approved as Democrats and Republicans sparred more broadly over transgender rights.

02/25/2021

We are making calls for Jill Underly. If you would like to join drop a message in our inbox. Thanks!

02/25/2021

02/25/2021

https://underlyforwi.com/issues/

Early Childhood Education Mental Health and Emotional Wellness Equity in Education Fair and Full Funding for our Public Schools Voucher Schools Teacher Training, Recruitment, and Retention

02/20/2021

We have once again reached for the stars and succeeded. This is how we make America great again.

02/20/2021

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